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US House okays $14.5B in military aid for Israel as Biden threatens veto

A section of Israeli troops during ground operation in Gaza. [Xinhua]

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel in its war against the militant group Hamas, but President Joe Biden threatened to veto the measure because of the conditions attached to it and its failure to address other administration requests.

New House Speaker Mike Johnson took an atypical approach to the aid package by requiring the emergency aid to be offset by cuts to government spending elsewhere - a strategy that turned the vote into one that largely divided the House along party lines.

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